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Tim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

The barrier to entry is a huge concern on whether something should be considered a monopoly or not. Extracting and refining oil is nowhere near the same as selling your videogame online. Today the barrier of entry for digital distribution incredibly low.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

And yet: 75%.

They can hand out keys with no strings attached, and it does not matter.

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